Kochi, Nov 22: A senior official of the Kerala High Court N Jayasree was found dead inside her house near here Thursday morning, the police said.
The body of the the 55-year-old Registrar (Judicial) was found hanging inside her house this morning by her husband, they said.
The death occurred between 1am-6 am, police said.
Jayasree is the first woman to have been appointed to the post in the state.
The Kerala High court has three Registrars and a Registrar General.
Kanpur, Feb 20: Inspector general, Kanpur range, has ordered a probe into a woman's allegation that the cops misbehaved with her at Raipurwa police station when she went there with her father to lodge a complaint of harassment and eve-teasing.
The woman posted her complaint on the Twitter handle of Kanpur police.
The woman, 21, alleged that instead of listening to her complaint, Raipurwa cops asked her, "Zyada padh gayi ho, itna advance kisne bana dia hai, tumhare Papa ne?" (You are too educated. Who made you so advanced - your father?)
She further said that instead of taking necessary action on her complaint, the police forced her father to compromise with the accused, the son of her landlord, who harassed her on Monday.
The woman also stated that there were no female cops at the police station and she had to wait for several hours.
"Throughout my presence at the police station, I had to interact with male cops," she tweeted.
Inspector, Raipurwa, Sunil Kumar, however, has denied allegations.
"Her allegations are not true. Both the parties settled the dispute on their own," he said.
IG Range, Mohit Agarwal, meanwhile, said, "I have asked the SSP to initiate a probe in this regard and take action against guilty cops."
Mumbai, Mar 13: Investor wealth worth nearly Rs 12 lakh crore was wiped out in less than 15 minutes of trading on the stock exchanges on Friday, with the two benchmarks, the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty, crashing over 10 per cent.
The 30-share BSE Sensex plummeted 3,380.59 points, or 10.31 per cent, to 29,397.55. It hit an intra-day low of 29,388.97, falling up to 3,389.17 points.
Trading was halted for 45 minutes in the early session after the index hit its lower circuit limit.
The BSE and NSE benchmark indices, however, pared most losses with the Sensex trading 835.40 points, or 2.55 per cent, lower at 31,942.74, and the Nifty was down 253.25 points or 2.64 per cent at 9,336.90 at 10.40 am.
The mayhem on Dalal Street eroded investor wealth worth Rs 12,92,479.88 crore, taking the total m-cap to Rs 1,12,78,172.75 crore on the BSE at 1020 hours.
The m-cap of BSE-listed companies stood at Rs 1,25,70,652.63 crore at the end of trading on Thursday.
Traders said besides global selloff, incessant foreign fund outflows also weighed on investor sentiments.
On a net basis, foreign institutional investors sold equities worth Rs 3,475.29 crore on Thursday, data available with stock exchanges showed.
On the BSE, 1,279 scrips declined, while 193 advanced and 40 remained unchanged.
Volatility heightened in global markets as benchmarks world over went into panic mode, insinuating a freakish selloff.
Bourses in Shanghai dropped over 3.32 per cent, Hong Kong 5.61 per cent, Seoul 7.58 per cent and Tokyo cracked up to 7.97 per cent.
Wall Street lost 10 per cent in overnight trade.
More than 1,30,000 cases of the novel coronavirus have been recorded in 116 countries and territories, killing at least 4,900 people.
The number of coronavirus patients in India has risen to 74, as per the health ministry.
Lucknow, May 19: The administration of the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) has ordered a probe into the cardiac procedure conducted on a corona positive patient in the hospital.
The patient underwent a cardiac procedure without being tested for corona before the surgery. He later tested positive for COVID-19, leading to panic among the staff and other patients.
The medical staff that came in contact with the patient were quarantined on Monday while the area was sanitized.
As per orders from the State Medical Education Department, even in emergency cases, patients are to be screened for Covid-19 before procedures are done.
According to the SGPGI administration, the incident took place late on Sunday night.
In an official statement, director, Prof R.K. Dhiman said, "The 63-year-old patient was a case of complete cardiac blockage and needed an urgent temporary pacemaker. The patient was admitted to the holding area of the institute and later shifted to the MICU for permanent pace making."
He said that when the patient's corona status was found to be positive on the Hospital Information System, she was shifted to the Rajdhani COVID Hospital.
The Director said, "Though the involved areas have been sanitized and healthcare workers were quarantined as per protocol, a probe has been ordered to investigate the lapses."
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